1 An Empire under the Sun

In the middle of the day-

"- This is BBC News, The Government finally revealed the situation behind the ongoing panic and confusion amidst several hours of disruptions in the services in social media. The official statement confirmed the rumors of the country being transported to another world-"

The people of London can't believe what they just saw. The possibility of a whole country with it's inhabitants being transported to another world. Meanwhile, the Royal Family along with the Parliament are conducting an emergency meeting. Concerning the Country's survival in this unimaginable event. In the meantime; the RAF, Better known as the Royal Air Force, was sent to scout the surrounding areas of the country.

*Port city of Lincliff, Kingdom of Summerwyn*

- it was a sunny day. As the Kingdom's second largest city is on business as usual. Merchants are selling rare or common goods from foreign places, that ranges from textiles to common commodities like food. Mercenaries are patrolling the streets to enforce the reach of law, even though they tend to be unloyal and lazy at almost all times. with the commoner folk laughing and having fun in the taverns as well.

The sun is at it's peak. Everyone sweats at how hot it is in the summertime, with people laboring in the fields working tirelessly just to have enough food; one man of tall stature sided by his trusty weapons at his side. wearing an iron armor from his upper until his feet. He is a mercenary captain, but he often slacks off and decided to leisurely relax in his favorite spot. As he passes by the fields at the outside of the city, he noticed something strange. His subordinate came over and reported something eerie,

- "Hey Captain!, Look!" Said one mercenary while pointing his finger to the sky.

- "What the hell is that?, could it ... be a magic weapon from the Empire?!" The Captain responded.

- "Did you hear that? is this kingdom finally doomed for?!"

- little to they know, its an object that would be known to the British as a fighter plane. It is scouting the country by an order that was sent earlier by the British government. it's mission is to scout and gain knowledge of the surrounding environments. And, to peacefully establish contact with any civilizations.

- it was flying at a tremendous speed, causing widespread fear and paranoia throughout the city. Mercenaries would leave and flee for their lives as the unpaid ones leaves the city.

- "Where is the King?! Could it be the capital fell already?!"

- the local mayor sent a magic telegram to the royal capital reporting what the city just experienced.

- "City of Lincliff here! Requesting reinforcements! An unknown flying object is seen from the skies of the city! At the moment, it is not doing harm to the city. but it was enough to cause panic in the inhabitants of the city!"

- The Royal Capital responded, "Very well, the report is received by the war council. We will immediately send reinforcements as soon as possible."

- the flying object began to disappear, as the object began to move away from the mainland.

- with a sigh of relief, "The unknown object moved away from the mainland heading northwest." the Mayor replied to the Capital.

- several hours later -

- The War Council was immediately held by the King and his advisers in the meeting hall in the king's palace.

The meeting hall was adorned with the most expensive chandeliers, glimmering with expensive stones. Before entering the room, is a luxurious red carpet. With the walls of the room being decorated by expensive mirrors, the Palace is just a facade of the impoverished populace just right outside of the palace gates.

All of the higher-ranking government officials and nobility are now present in the room, and the arrival of the king and his courtiers is soon to be expected. And at last, the doors of the room opened to the king.

The king, who just turned 60 this year; Is very old and despised by the nobles. The nobility even wants to assassinate the king, and support the Imperial claimant to the Throne. Which is, the Holy Estermage Emperor Dudendorf. but, those who believe and align with the king and his dynasty, supports him. fracturing the kingdom into two rival factions. The conservatives and mostly old noble houses allied themselves with the King and his Dynasty are called the Bretagne Faction. While those who wants a union, or even an annexation to the empire is the Pro-Empire/Imperial Faction.

"Everyone, please stand. As, the Glorious King of Summerwyn. King Edward de Bretagne is standing before all of you. Long Live the King!"

moments later, the meeting began with the officials from the War Council explained the mysterious occurrence and the subsequent panic in the city of Lincliff.

Lincliff is the second biggest city in the kingdom, just right after the royal capital. Lincliff is also responsible for all the trade and goods going through the kingdom. But, the truce with the Empire is about to end. The Empire might soon strike the kingdom or at worse, claim the throne for themselves.

Currently the kingdom is ravaged by war, the Emperor of the Holy Estermage Empire is claiming the throne of the kingdom.

And as such, resulted into almost 20 years of warfare. The war was inconclusive, and a truce was signed. A huge chunk of the southeastern parts of the kingdom was annexed to the empire. Huge taxes imposed on the peasantry provoked revolts against the monarchy.

Though, revolts we're largely unsuccessful. The kingdom is already in a huge debt and a financial crisis ensued. Which almost caused the kingdom to collapse, If it hadn't for the short financial reforms by the Queen-Consort who was popular among the peasantry.